MAY Surname DNA Project (ALL FAMILIES)

  1. George MAY of Brock’s Gap, Rockingham County, VA
    (3-64-88-100-160-180-196-246-297-316)
    Haplogroup R
    The MAY family descendants of George MAY of Brock’s Gap, Rockingham County, VA b. 1755. Thought to be German origins. This family has been validated with two distant cousins descended from different brothers who were sons of George MAY. Their results on a 37 marker test show one mutation. This is from six transmission events for one testee and seven transmission events for the other testee. This is HG 1. They are 34/37 and 35/37 to family 64 who are not thought to be of German origins. Enrique is testee 1 (FTDNA kit 1596) and Keith is testee 2 (FTDNA kit 3227). This family is 12/12 to family 160 for Enrique and 11/12 for Keith. Also 103/111 and 32/37 to family180. Also 37/37 for Keith to family 196 and 36/37 for Enrique to family 196. Keith is 25/25 to family 246 and Enrique is 63/67 to family 246.

Researchers: Enrique May, Keith May

 

  1. The MAY family descended from William May, b ca 1766 in either England or Ireland who m Elizabeth Blackmoore 10/30/1796 in Taunton, Somerset, England. They had 5 children, the eldest, John, b 4/7/1797 in the same parish, is the one the researcher is descended from. Wm., Elizabeth and the 5 children came to the USA aboard the ship Orion, landing in New York 8/21/1820. The family lost Elizabeth somehow prior to settling in Beaver County, PA. This is R1b and 35/37 to researcher Keith MAY, Family 3, testee 1 and 34/37 to Family 3, testee 2. It is 12/12 for family 160. Also 35/37 to family 180 and 37/37 to family 196. Also 25/25 to family 246.

  1. Theodore Kwasi MAY.  This family is 11/12 to family 100. This family is 9/12 match to families 3 and 64.

 

  1. The MAY family descended from James May b. abt 1790, d. Dec1844 in Jones County, GA. His wife Nancy (?) b, abt 1794 d, Oct 1866 in Jones County, GA. Married abt 1812. Their son was Samaria May b. 1817 Twiggs County, GA d. Feb 1855 in Baldwin Co. GA. Wife was Mary Jane Brooks b. 1831 d. 1880 Bibb Co. GA. They were married Jan 1848 in Jones Co. GA. This family is an 11/12 match to family 88.

Researcher Steve May

  1. The MAY ancestors of Hector Augusto May. He is the son of a Daughter of Henry B. May, born 1861 in Virginia. Great grandson of George May b. 1755 of Brocks Gap.   His descendants kept the May surname. (His DNA is different, but his descendants are surnamed May)

Researcher Enrique May

  1. May ancestors of Dale May. He is 12/12 to family 3 testee 2 and 11/12 to family 3 testee 1, and 12/12 to family 64. This individual would need an expanded test to determine if he is closely related to these families.

  1. The May family descended from Robert May, a Teacher in northern Ireland from around Garvagh in Londonderry. His son was John May and was born in Ireland, and his son was Patrick Maxwell May and was born in Rhodesia in 1916. The researcher believes Robert May went to Ireland from England but can’t find any information to support this. The researcher notes that three of John May’s brothers went to America & Canada in the early 1900s. This family is 35/37 to family 64 and 32/37 and 33/37 to family 3. Also 103/111 to family 3 testee 1. Also 61/67 to family 246..

Researcher Peter May

  1. The MAY family descendents of George MAY of Brock’s Gap, Rockingham County, VA b. 1755. See family 3 for more details. This individual is 35/37 to family 3 testee 2 and Family 64, and 34/37 to family 3 testee 1. Also 25/25 to family 246.

Researcher Jeff May

  1. The May ancestors of Charles May. This family is 25/25 to families 3 testee 2, 64 and 196. It is 63/67 to families 3 testee 1 and 61/67 to 180.

  1. May ancestors of David May. This family is 65/67 to families 3 testee 2 and 246, 63/67 to families 3 testee 1 and 180, and 37/37 to family 64, and 35/37 to family 196

  1. May ancestors of Dwight May. This family is 25/25 to families 3 testee 2, 64, 196, 246 and 297, and 24/25 to families 3 testee 1